Expert Help for OCD

Take Your Life Back from OCD

Offering expert treatment for all types of OCD, including unwanted obsessional thoughts. Our OCD treatment program is typically 10 weeks. We offer twice-weekly sessions, groups, and intensive programs. Intensive program can be in person or online. Low cost options available. Contact us...

Behavioral Wellness Clinic

392 Merrow Rd, Suite E, Tolland, CT 06084
Office: (860) 830-7838

OCD TYPES

Types of Obsessions

Types of Compulsions

OCD Tests

OCD Related Disorders

OCDTYPES

Obsessive-compulsive disorder comes in many forms

Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)

OCD Severity Rating Test

This is a test to rate the severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms.

Instructions: Check the appropriate score below. Choose only one number per item. Scores should reflect the composite effect of all obsessive compulsive symptoms. Rate the average occurence of each item during the prior week up to and including now.

General Information

The information you provide below will be included in the mini-report generated by this website. If you wish to print your report to share with your mental health care provider, fill in all the information below. All information you provide is confidential. No names, email addresses, or IP addesses are ever recorded.

Your Name (optional):
Your Treatment Provider:
Your 3 Most Frequent Obsessions:
Your 3 Most Frequent Compulsions:

* See the comprehensive YBOCS Checklist of Obsessions and Compulsions, if necessary.

Obsession Rating Scale

Item		Range of Severity
1.	Time Spent on Obsessions	0 hrs/day	0-1 hrs/day	1-3 hrs/day	3-8 hrs/day	8+ hrs/day
	Score	0	1	2	3	4
2.	Interference from Obsessions	None	Mild	Definite but Manageable	Substantial Impairment	Incapacitating
	Score	0	1	2	3	4
3.	Distress from Obsessions	None	Little	Moderate but Manageable	Severe	Near Constant, Disabling
	Score	0	1	2	3	4
4.	Resistance to Obsessions	Always Resists	Resistance	Some Resistance	Often Yields	Completely Yields
	Score	0	1	2	3	4
5.	Control Over Obsessions	Complete Control	Much Control	Some Control	Little Control	No Control
	Score	0	1	2	3	4

Compulsion Rating Scale

Item		Range of Severity
6.	Time Spent on Compulsions	0 hrs/day	0-1 hrs/day	1-3 hrs/day	3-8 hrs/day	8+ hrs/day
	Score	0	1	2	3	4
7.	Interference from Compulsions	None	Mild	Definite but Manageable	Substantial Impairment	Incapacitating
	Score	0	1	2	3	4
8.	Distress when Resisting Compulsions	None	Little	Moderate but Manageable	Severe	Near Constant, Disabling
	Score	0	1	2	3	4
9.	Resistance to Compulsions	Always Resists	Much Resistance	Some Resistance	Often Yields	Completely Yields
	Score	0	1	2	3	4
10.	Control Over Compulsions	Complete Control	Much Control	Some Control	Little Control	No Control
	Score	0	1	2	3	4

Credits: WK Goodman et al, "The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale," Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1989; 46:1006-1011.

The Impact of OCD

It is estimated that between 2 and 3 million people are suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder in the United States. About one in fifty people have had symptoms of OCD at some point in their lives, with 1% suffering within the last year. OCD afflicts people of all races, faiths, nationalities, and ethnic groups. OCD causes great suffering to patients and their families, as up to 10 hours per day may be devoted to performing rituals. OCD has been classified by the World Health Organization as one the leading causes of disability worldwide.

Therapy Going Nowhere?

Although any medical doctor can take your blood pressure, only a few can do heart surgery. Likewise, any therapist can help someone who is feeling a bit blue, but only a few can effectively treat OCD.

OCD treatment is a type of therapy that requires a specialized protocol called Exposure and Ritual Prevention (ERP or EX/RP).

Learn about the Top Mistakes Made by OCD Therapists.

Top Seven Myths About OCD

One stereotype is that people with OCD are neat and tidy to a fault. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Although many people with OCD wash because they are concerned about dirt and germs, being tidy is actually not a typical symptom of the disorder. Almost two-thirds of people with OCD are also hoarders...

Learn more about the Top Myths about OCD.

Take the HOCD test

At New England OCD Insititure you will learn about the many types, symptoms, signs, and forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related OC Spectrum Disorders. OCD is a brain disorder that can cause repeated washing, compulsive cleaning, obsessions about harming others, anxiety, and depression. Take a self-test for OCD, find a treatment program, and get online help for OCD.